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procumbent

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procumbent /pro·cum·bent/ (pro-kum´bint) prone; lying on the face.
pro·cum·bent (pr-kmbnt)
adj.
Lying face down; prone.

prone [prōn]
lying face downward, or on the ventral surface; see also prone position. Called also procumbent.

procumbent
prone; lying on the abdomen. Called also ventral recumbency.


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chinensis Merrill) of the family Asteracea, known as "pitabringi" (San-skrit), "Pila bhangra" (Hindi), "kalsarji, Gargari" (Kannada) is a procumbent, perennial herb found in wet and marshy places in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Utter Pradesh and costal areas of the Indian Union.
Perennial, bulb and groundcover plantings, however, can benefit from additional depth of snow cover as their growth is below ground or sufficiently procumbent so as to enjoy the increase in snow mulch.
The dwarf birch is a charming procumbent plant found growing untamed in this country too.
 
 
 
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